New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-18
LITERARY NOTES.


n, pesapt has told the story of bis literary PARTNER
.h,n with James Rice in pre- ace prepared LOT tne
forthcoming library edition OF their novels
Al 10 Ies,eps's "Reminiscences" will be published
early In the autuma.
rro fla. volume of Ticknor's handsome series
nj paper covered nov els contains The story Oh
Margaret Kent" The book is thoroughly a'uacuNo
in print and binding, and the series OF thirteen nu
hers promises 10 be a valuable addition 10 'no SUPP
Of inexpensive summer reading. Future Iaoos;.
siude Cucnn" " A Reverend Idol. Henry c Ia9
Tale Of Three Cities -; aud The Story Oh 'ou"''
Town"
mi, ate letter from person mentioneu ny "o
pn Nall c..tte "a o distinguished Amerlcan man
an :; Tine ouoted in that Journal: " We raised
~, 1900 for old Walt at his lecture the other DAY.
II amuses and somewhat angers me- tins tax Soou'
the Americans not taking care OF the oiu ieii""'
The tact is that millions are at his dlsposa-t - ~
eav think he has more millonares ana ren p0vp
who look after him than any one Know vi
instance Mr.. George w. Childs wrote me inc 49,
day that he has IA friend in Cam1en VINO sees ' 500
suIiers for nothing. Mr. Carnegie, VINO s"o YI
tor b;s box at the lecture the other day, n''
.or us ~ hord through on any and all OCCASIONS
There are plenty OF other people OF Limited niO a
limited means who are IN conS'" n@ SewYork Jour
nasts who see that his wants are inliy supply -
,;h Pbiladelpbian told me to-day that ne hau ei,en
him himself of and on, thousand dollars Dur
MN u ssnds him money pretty much every year;
and ali This talk of the necessity OF raising money py
enbscription abroad, with the ldea tna' no WI" ~
taken care OF at home, Is ridlcuiods'
Anumber Of reproductions OF drawings by Ihacke-
raw will enbesh the next instalment OF ms letters
which will he found in the June Scribner. Many
n reader will grieve when these delicious ePsue'
come to an end
ulian Hawthorne who is, perhaps, the only literary
athlete of his day, has written paper OH oon On
Boat Racing Tor the June Century. ~ wiz 10
remembered that The Tribune once printed over Mr
Uawtbornes name, clever and picturesque cli'0''"
OF Yale Harvard race
Miss r. f. Cleveland will take charge oil speciai
department of The Magazine oil American I,'0'.'
her signature being attached to her editorial coh'
buttons
Jes,e Stephen's conception Of tho novelist OF tne
future is an interesting He pins bis ia,h hetEol
TO the psycnologic Il school nor to the "ri@IS VIZ" VIZ
love startling incident. "The novelist OF the future
he Saws VIII excite our sympathles; DC VIII 10
reast and idealist he VIII tell us ah OK
cling story; he will not us with abstract c'n
illusions nor yet will he shrink from making CON-
nsnts on what he sets before us ne VIII ho1 'aho
morbid views OF lite he will be before an .h'n
estiov for unless he forces 10 read MIN tnere III
use in his writing and he will be instrqcuVe' III
he comes we will not be hard on those VINO give us
entertainment now for entertlDmeIt Is oIo "a w
- nainabIe tbines in lite | shall be glad when
that novelist comes. and trust it may YET oe III NY
timer
Edward Atlxipson's Boston address on the Margin
OF Profit " ia to DO published lmlneui@'eiy =? :"
reoly of f. NJ ChamOerai OF the Labor Union Mr.
Atknson's reionder to that reply; various analyses
of the sources OF the product and the DIVISION o e
product OF labor and capital ana enart sno"i"s
the present division OF prohts.
Thu third and fourth volumes of the admirable
Riverside edition of Bro wning have just appeared,
and the two concluding volumes will be brought out
about June J. The publication has been timely anu
the volumes have been heartily welcomed not only oy
B,ownlng enthusiasts, but by most people oi goou
literary taste.
The discovery OF an unrecorded epi'ogue by Charies
Lamb has added nothing to store OF literary treas
ures Ii was written by him for q comedy py Henry
siddons and is very poor stnt
collection of her social studies has been arranged
M Ioulse Chaudl-r MoultoD and will soon be pub
lshed by Roberts Brothers under the title oil our-
selves and our Neighbours
Lord Lyton in his speech at the Royal Literary Fund
dinner the other evening referred to the failure OF
corporation OF similar aims Many years ago" he
SAID. any father, and his eminent contemporary.
Charles Dickens. conceived the project OF forming
among their brother craftsmen a mutual aid society
which unlike the Literary Fund, was TO be indepen-
dent of support from the general public That society
which came TO untimely end, they called " Inc
Guild of Literature and Art" One OF lts main
achievements was be the creation OF sort OF Ar
oadian retreat Tor authors and artists unable TO afford
a needed rest from their labors. TO this my father
contributed a piece OF land. Then he wrote a play
The play performed by distinguished ARTISTS anu
authors and its proceeds were employee In Dnldlng
on that land a rural homo for invalided veterans oil
literature and art. Well tar a. know, from that
bonr To this nothing mas been able to induce single
representative of literature and art to lnhaDlt the
home SO hopefully prepared Tor Their receptoh'